The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 8, 2022
Waxing Gibbous
83.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:14 PM
2:13 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.6%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1232
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 132.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.9° / 66.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 53m / -26.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.38° / -3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.03° / 4.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.33° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.